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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:18 AM Original message |
My M-I-L strikes again...... |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. lay the smack down. nt. |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. Your casa, your rules. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. She is rather freaky about things and we have had |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. "yet she asked that I go to church..." |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I wish she were not coming..... |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Ah..."please go to church with me" as a controlling device |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. The funny part is that I am Catholic. She wants to go to church.... |
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MorningGlow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #29 |
37. Egad |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
52. You're Catholic? And she won't go? |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. I am already splitting hairs on Christmas.... |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:11 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Well, I'll give you this, M-B, |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:12 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. ... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:07 AM Response to Reply #53 |
86. Well, that's just way over the top. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:16 AM Response to Reply #86 |
90. Hey friend..... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. I am so glad to hear this! |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #90 |
93. BTW, here's my little guy in action... |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. That is too cute.... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:39 PM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Oh, how adorable! Thank you! I think I'm in love and I want one, LOL. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
94. Okay, this helps. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Thanks for understanding.... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:04 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. I absolutely agree with you. Attending church doesn't make anybody a Christian. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:06 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Actually, I do think one is likely to experience God more fully |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 03:51 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. The thing is, I consider what anybody believes to be personal and sacrosanct. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Oh, it's unacceptable to me, too. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's your house, so your rules |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yes my stepdad is "family" so I don't know |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
44. Don't tell her Jesus was Jewish |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I think that is going to be the route I will take with her... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Why does she get any say so? |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I can't believe that DH is so willing to |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. There's your problem. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. absolutely - and I have told him this before.... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
69. This is actually a struggle between you and your husband |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #69 |
79. This is a huge struggle....he is still the little abandoned |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
77. Moms from Hell can inflict everlasting trauma on people. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:50 AM Response to Reply #77 |
80. Mommy already left him once when he was a little boy. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. Once more: |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Oh I have told her on more than one occasion that she is |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. You know, that may not be a bad idea. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:51 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Little MB will be with her Daddy by dinnertime, so |
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ceile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. You know what? That's not a bad idea. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. That sounds like an option too... |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
12. GUESTS come at the sufferance of the HOST.... |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:44 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Wanna come over for Christmas dinner? |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
46. Well, THANK YOU!.... |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
48. But I have a beautiful 117 year old |
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Tyler Durden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #48 |
78. I might bite your MIL.... |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #78 |
81. LOL - think I can train the rat terrier to bite? nt |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
16. If she wants to make the rules, she can host the dang thing at her place. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. well considering DH is the only family member that |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:47 AM Response to Original message |
17. gawd, I know how you feel |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:50 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Thanks... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I had it out with my MIL years ago |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Well, having been married for two years (our anniversary |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:17 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. it sounds like you're lucky |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. dupe - delete |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
19. Why should she dictate that *you* go to church? She should do |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:55 AM Response to Reply #19 |
32. My point exactly, except that the other person |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. So he's enabling her. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:02 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. You are so right! |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. No Stepdad- No Dinner! |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Ah yes, the hypocrisy! |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
27. IMO, you should do what you feel is right and don't let MIL dictate |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Thank goodness she lives a plane ride away |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:10 AM Response to Reply #42 |
57. A plane ride away is good. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. thats why I lurv DU |
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Lady Freedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:53 AM Response to Original message |
28. Why can't you have your family too? |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Family is what it's supposed to be about, right? |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. here's what I can't figure out |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. It's not that she has anything against him per se.... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. oh |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:43 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Exactly ! |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. The holidays are the time to be social. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #30 |
40. Thanks friend.... |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
31. "Jesus dined with tax collectors. How were you planning to celebrate his birthday?" n/t |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Yes he did, didn't he....with the tax collectors and the lepers |
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nickgutierrez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
55. If you have to, tell her you're going along with it and invite your stepdad anyway. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. She is visiting from out of town, so she will already |
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Pierre.Suave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
61. this would be my answer... |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:18 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. I have pointed out her hypocrisy on so many occasions |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
62. Here's a real WWJD moment |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:19 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. It is so sad that I have to recite scripture to someone |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:29 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. It's embodied in his whole attitude towards people |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. She once gave me a subscription to a bible magazine |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. She'd wet herself |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:39 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. ... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
63. That's a deal breaker. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:24 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. It really IS a deal breaker, and as pointed out so many |
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tuckessee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
66. What a b*tch! |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:40 AM Response to Reply #66 |
74. She would be mighty cold if I put her on the curb... |
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Phillycat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
71. Your problem is not with your MIL, it's with your husband. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. You make a damn good point there jansez.... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
75. Your house, your rules, if your MIL can't deal, then she can't come, that simple. n/t |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. That simple is easier said than done when you |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:11 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. You're right, it is easier said than done |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
84. Invite your dad. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. I am on the phone with Mr MB right now, |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
87. it is YOUR house... right? |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
88. My two cents, FWIW. |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #88 |
89. I can;t believe this thread has resurfaced....but WOW |
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July (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #89 |
91. You're welcome. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
102. Where I come from company does not dictate to the host(ess) how things are gonna be |
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YDogg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
103. Damn. I thought you said M-I-L-F ... |
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